The Lions Club of Jersey was chartered on 30th November 1963 and draws its members from every trade and profession and its current membership includes bankers,
retailers, growers, IT professionals, civil and electronics engineers, writers, accountants, importers, surveyors and architects. The Club meets monthly and its members divide themselves into a
number of sub-committees dealing with fund-raising, welfare, and social events.

The Lions’ prime function is to serve their local community and, thanks to the generosity of the people of Jersey, the Jersey Lions Club has distinguished itself as
one of the most successful Lions Club fund-raisers in Britain. The best-known event with which our name is associated is the annual Swimarathon. Visit www.lionsswimarathon.org to find out more.

Swimarathon AND Pedal Car Grand Prix fund raiserS

The Swimarathon is one of the largest fundraising events in Jersey.

It started in 1972 and has raised over £3.3m since then. We are delighted with how the event has become a community event with schools, corporate, club, charity and
family teams taking part. We are currently looking for a new sponsor for this event.

The Jersey Pedal Car Grand Prix is open to teams with five pedal car drivers who race in relay around the 440 yard circuit (5 laps). A total of 32
teams can participate on a first come first served basis. The cost of participation is just £100 per team and all proceeds raised goes to the Lions Club of Jersey which supports registered Jersey
charities.

SOme of our activities

Maison de Landes is a charitable Trust set-up by the Lions Club of Jersey. The Trust runs a holiday hotel catering for disabled guests and their
families or escorts, in accommodation which has been specially designed to meet the needs of the disabled.

Lions Peace Poster Competition 2018 Lions Clubs around the world have proudly sponsored the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in local schools
and youth groups. This art contest for children encourages young people worldwide to express their visions of peace.

Brown Bursary Project

Could you devise a charitable project upon which you could spend up to £9,000?

Following the receipt of a generous bequest from the late Robert E. Brown’s estate, the Lions of Jersey are establishing an annual bursary of up to £9,000, starting in
2018.

We invite groups of young people, from schools, youth clubs and other similar organisa-tions to compete for the bursary by telling us how they would spend charitable
money for the good of the community.

The Lions believe that whereas the young people of Jersey have always excelled in helping raise funds for numerous charities across a range of events, they rarely get
the opportunity to put significant funds to good use themselves.

In addition to providing the funding for the selected group, we will also provide mentoring support to help guide you towards achieving your aims. A panel of judges appointed by the Lions will select
the group and project & award the bursary.

Our History and background

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL was founded in 1917 in the United States by businessman Melvin Jones who felt that successful people like himself and his colleagues should
devote some of the energies which had enabled them to succeed in business to serving their local communities. Appropriately he chose “We Serve” as the Lions’ motto.

Lions Clubs now exist in more than 170 countries and more than 2.5 million men and women wear the distinctive lapel pin.

The Lions Club of Jersey was formed in November 1963, at the instigation of the Lions Clubs of Southampton and St. Malo. Today, there are still eight members of the
Jersey Lions Club who were among the founders.

Lion Mike Berry is the 2018/19 President of the
Lions Club of Jersey find out more in the press release below.